The problem faced by smell and medium enterprises (SME)
recently is very heavy as competition grows tighter due to flow of imported
products from China, Japan and Korea. This situation is affected by high
interest of consumers in buying these products on reason of good quality and
cheaper prices. This phenomenon highly convinces consumers that imported
products are better in terms of quality, price, and accessibility.
So, the government should participate in the
development of SME in Indonesia. Concerning the problem faced by UKM. I Wayan
Dipta, Deputy Minister of Micro, Small & Medium Enterprise Research Assessment
of the Ministry of Cooperatives and Small and Medium Enterprises (SME), on
Monday (2/4/2013) stated that the government should develop SME considering
that this sector is sustainable in time of crisis.
Wayan explained that the Ministry of Cooperatives
and SME is currently facilitating six cooperatives in six provinces to become agro-eco-tourism
operators. Six provinces who received facility for increasing operation of agro-eco-tourism
destinations are East Java, Bali, Central Java, North Sulawesi, Central
Sulawesi, and East Kalimantan. He explained that increase of the role of
cooperatives in tourist sites is part of tourism industry development through
Community-Based Tourism (CBT) approach. This is for increasing business
capacity of cooperatives in agro-eco-tourism sector which will be developed in
all provinces having such potency.
Wayan explained that Law No, 10/2008 on Tourism
explicitly mandated the central and regional governments to give attention and
policy support to SME so they could play a role in tourism sector. This can be
done by, among other things, policy on development of Cooperatives and SME so
that SME can play a role as tourist industry operators. To realize this, the
role of cooperatives has been optimized since 2009, started with assessment of
agro-eco-tourism management model.
SME development is not only the responsibility of
the government. People should have started to develop their potency in the form
of entrepreneurship supported by all parties, such as the banks, for the
advancement of their economies. This is important so people will not depend on
job-seeking, but will create work opportunities. Indonesia's economic growth
must be benefited by young entrepreneurs so that Indonesia will become an
advanced country by 2025. Economic improvement attracts many foreign investments.
SME’s a competitiveness must also be improved.
Competitiveness is determined by capability of human resources in producing
product quality, price, design, and by environmental factor which is a
conducive factor that makes SME able to enter tight competition. Competitors of
Indonesian SME are imported products, such as new or second-hand clothing which
receives an increasing number of responses from the public due to their
quality, reasonable prices, and attractive designs.
Business News - February 08,2013
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